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scooch¹

  • /skut͡ʃ/

Rhymes with -uːtʃ

Where it comes from

Probably a variation of scouch (though Etymonline claims it modern and "imitative"). The verb sense "shift, scoot" is probably influenced by scoot.

verb scooches · scooching · scooched · scootch · skooch

  1. US To shift, move aside, or scoot over. "We could watch it all night," Joselle would add, scooching closer to her mother. "If it was on all night."
  2. To crouch. Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’[…].” So I started to back away again into the bushes. But I hadn't backed more'n a couple of yards when I see something so amazing that I couldn't help scooching down behind the bayberries and looking a

scooch²

  • /skut͡ʃ/

Rhymes with -uːtʃ

Where it comes from

As with skoosh, a variant of skosh.

noun scooches · scootch · skooch · skootch

  1. A small amount; a skosh. Clan of the Papaya Whip Stymphalian Bird (just a scooch too long and would probably be better fit for a dessert at Bennigans), Pitchfork Shoebox Clan (maybe if you were a […])

    Similar: skosh, skoosh, ace, atom, thought, atomy, aught, bissel, continental, bit, crumb, glimpse

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verb to shift, move aside, or scoot over

Españolarrimarse, aplegarse
Русскийподвинуть podvinutʹ

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"scooch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scooch. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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scooch. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scooch

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"scooch." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scooch.

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@misc{scooch_2026,
  title = {scooch},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scooch},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}